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Wealth was not struck at when the President was assassinated, but the honest toil which is content with moderate gains after a lifetime of unremitting labor, largely in the service of the public.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Wealth was not struck at when the President was assassinated, but the honest toil which is content with moderate gains…”
Editor's note · Context
Roosevelt asserts that the assassination targeted the honest labor of the working class, not wealth itself.
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